ENGL 15 Lecture 10: King Lear Act 1-3
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Changes often made to make the play more palatable. Lear and genre: tragedy, romance, history, fairy tale plot. Not love story but adventure story: separation & reconciliation, exile & return. The division of the kingdom: act i, scene i, line 38-43, act i, scene i, line 51-52. Story of gloucester and his two sons: deepens the plot of lear and his daughters. The bastard: act i, scene i, line 9-11, act i, scene i, line 21-25. Study de-serving: act i, scene ii, line 1-22. Morality play: act i, scene ii, line 128-44. The role of the fool: act i, scene iv, line 141-51. What kind of fool is the fool: act i, scene iv, line 152-54, act i, scene iv, line 159-69, act i, scene iv, line 197-200. Lear"s shadow: act i, scene iv, line 232-40. Defining human need: act ii, scene iv, line 263-70. The storm scene: act iii, scene iv, line 28-36.
